Case Name Citation Year ▼ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Waters v. Dashiell 1 Md. 455 1851 0 Maryland
Trexler v. State 19 Ala. 21 1851 1 Alabama
Bourland v. Eidson 49 Va. 27 1851 1 Virginia
Brooks v. Ashburn 9 Ga. 297 1851 0 Action of trover Supreme Court of Georgia
Hurt v. State 19 Ala. 19 1851 0 Sale of Shoes to an Enslaved Person Alabama
Mays v. Swope 49 Va. 46 1851 1 Virginia
Gorham v. Daniels 23 Vt. 600 1851 1 Vermont
Cooper v. Blakey 10 Ga. 263 1851 0 Will and Testament Supreme Court of Georgia
Kelly v. Linkenhoger 49 Va. 104 1851 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Swafford v. Whipple 3 Greene 261 1851 1 Iowa
Anthony v. State 9 Ga. 264 1851 0 Indictment for murder Supreme Court of Georgia
McChesney v. Bruce 1 Md. 344 1851 0 Maryland
Currier v. Perley 24 N.H. 219 1851 1 New Hampshire
Wilson v. State 20 Ohio 26 1851 1 Ohio
Weems v. George 54 U.S. 190 1851 1 United States
Jones v. State 20 Ohio 34 1851 1 Ohio
Gilmer v. Ware 19 Ala. 252 1851 0 Deceit in the Sale of an Enslaved Person Alabama
Grant v. Johnson 5 N.Y. 247 1851 0 Insurance Policy Court of Appeals of New York
United States v. Clements 25 F. Cas. 467 1851 1 United States
People v. McCauley 1 Cal. 379 1851 1 California